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Genus of fishes

Dicrossus
Dicrossus maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Cichlidae
Subfamily: Cichlinae
Tribe: Geophagini
Subtribe: Crenicaratina
Genus: Dicrossus
Steindachner, 1875
Type species
Dicrossus maculatus
Steindachner, 1875

Dicrossus is a genus of small cichlid fishes native to rivers in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. These cichlids have several dark spots on the sides of their bodies (although very faint in some). Depending on the species, they typically only reach 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in) in length.

In the past, Dicrossus species were sometimes included in the genus Crenicara, instead. Members of both genera are sometimes known as checkerboard or chessboard cichlids.

Species

The five recognized species in this genus are:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Dicrossus". FishBase. February 2013 version.
  2. ^ Römer, U.; Hahn, I. & Vergara, P.M. (2010). "Description of Dicrossus foirni sp. n. and Dicrossus warzeli sp. n. (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae), two new cichlid species from the Rio Negro and the Rio Tapajos, Amazon drainage, Brazil" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 60 (2): 123–138. doi:10.3897/vz.60.e30998. ISSN 1864-5755.
  3. Schindler, I. & Staeck, W. (2008). "Dicrossus gladicauda sp. n. - a new species of crenicarine dwarf cichlids (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Colombia, South-America". Vertebrate Zoology. 58 (1): 67–73. doi:10.3897/vz.58.e30909 – via ResearchGate.
Taxon identifiers
Dicrossus


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